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ERIC Number: ED588459
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2017-Apr
Pages: 10
Abstractor: ERIC
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: N/A
EISSN: N/A
How Can We Measure School Performance?
Babineau, Kate
Cowen Institute
Nationally, there are dozens of established indicators of school performance and thousands of possible combinations of those indicators to create an accountability framework. How do policy makers decide which variables are most important? This relates to measurement modeling -- that is, how to incorporate all pieces of the puzzle into a comparable, cross-school report or formula. To help explore a range of best-practice accountability models, the Cowen Institute undertook a comprehensive review of school performance frameworks and accountability measures from school districts and education departments across the U.S. and Europe. In addition to assessing both academic proficiency and academic growth, communities draw upon a number of quantitative non-cognitive measures of school performance and student well-being. As the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) requires the inclusion of at least one non-cognitive measure in accountability models, it would be valuable for Orleans Parish and the state of Louisiana to draw upon proven-effective existing models and methods of assessment rather than work to create a unique system from scratch. This report includes descriptions of several such measures and identifies the potential benefit of including these non-academic indicators in accountability frameworks. The report also presents other accountability measures used nationally and provides suggestions for alternative models of scoring and reporting school performance.
Cowen Institute. 1555 Poydras Street Suite 700; New Orleans, LA 70112. Tel: 504-274-3690; e-mail: CowenInfo@tulane.edu; Web site: http://www.coweninstitute.org
Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
Audience: Community
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: Tulane University, Cowen Institute for Public Education Initiatives
Identifiers - Location: Louisiana (New Orleans); California; Europe
Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Elementary and Secondary Education Act; No Child Left Behind Act 2001; Improving Americas Schools Act 1994
Grant or Contract Numbers: N/A